# Incident 20190813015669I: Beech S35, Madison, MS, August 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2019, 07:30 local time
- Place: Madison, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4739° N, 90.1309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4739&lon=-90.1309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5768K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5768K-2020-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190813015669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N5768K REPORTED THAT ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 13, 2019 AROUND 8:00 AM IN MADISON, MS (KMBO) THAT HE HAD LANDED HIS BEECH S35 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED FOUR TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP.  HE DECIDED TO DO ONE MORE AND PLANNED TO MAKE A SPOT LANDING ON THE NUMBERS.  AFTER TAKEOFF, A CHALLENGER AND A PREMIER REPORTED INBOUND ON THE UNICOM FOR LANDING.  HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND LEG IN ORDER TO LET THEM BOTH LAND AHEAD OF HIM.  HE STATED THAT HIS NORMAL SOP IS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR OPPOSITE TO THE POINT IN WHICH HE WANTED TO LAND AND HE ALMOST NEVER LOWER THE WING FLAPS FOR A NORMAL LANDING.  HE STATED BY THIS TIME HE HAD WING FLAPS SET AT 20 DEGREES.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS CONCENTRATION VERY HARD ON TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY NUMBERS AND RECALL JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN THAT THE THOUGHT OCCURRED THAT HE SEEMED TO BE CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL.  AT THAT MOMENT, THE STALL WARNING HORN BEGAN TO SOUND AND ALMOST INSTANTLY HE HEARD THE PROP HIT THE PAVEMENT AND SMOKE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BECOME EVIDENT IN THE COCKPIT.  HE STATED HE SUPPOSE THE SMOKE WAS FROM THE PAINT BEING SCRAPED FROM THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, AT THAT MOMENT HE REALIZED HE DID NOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND ONLY LOWED THE FLAPS.  THE PILOT STATED, ?IN RETROSPECT, PERHAPS A MORE JUDICIOUS USE OF THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT?.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND INBOUND TIPS OF FLAPS THAT WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER POSITION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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